Chapter 6: The Horrible Battle

As soon as Chaos left, I started giving orders.

"Ok, Hammer, Heart, gather the warriors have sections one and two guard the area by Thalia's tree. Jewel, have sections five and six guard the forest. Night go with Jewel. Arrow, protect the hunters with section three. Key, you, Alpha, and I will stay here and help the campers with section four. Move people."

"Yes, Commander Omega." They said and then they flashed off.

"Wow, you give better orders than I do." Percy said in awe.

"It comes with practice, baby bro." I said ruffling his hair.

"Just come on." Percy said and then all three of us unfurled our wings and pulled out our weapons.

"Wow." I heard a couple of campers say.

"Let's go beat up some monsters." I said to Percy and Key. They nodded and then we saw the army of monsters.

"I got Hyperion, you two kill the monsters." I said to them before soaring towards the titan.

When I was within his sightlines, he staggered back in shock.

"You..." He whispered.

"Yeah, Hyperion, it's me, and I'm gonna defeat you just like last time." I growled.

"You won't be that lucky this time, daughter of Poseidon." Hyperion said.

"Don't you mean left hand woman of Chaos." I said smirking eviley.

Hyperion paled and he just managed to stutter.

"Your bluffing... your bluffing, aren't you?"

"If I was bluffing, then I would say that I was his right." I said still grinning eviley.

He paled even more.

"You can't win. Gaea is too strong." He said nervously.

"Maybe you're right." I said before smirking and saying. "But you won't be there to see her win."

And with that I stepped towards him and started to chant in ancient greek.

"Με αυτές τις αρχαίες λέξεις μιλάω, ας είναι έτσι ώστε αυτή η Titan δεν είναι τίποτα περισσότερο. Αφήστε τον να σβήνουν από την ύπαρξη και να τον αφήσει ποτέ να επιστρέψει σε αυτόν τον κόσμο ποτέ ξανά."

When I said the last world, Hyperion disappeared. However, the monsters had not. I raised my sword and attacked the monsters.

Half an hour later, all the monsters were gone. But all was not well. I heard a yell of despair coming from the direction of the hunters.

I ran in their direction but I stopped when I saw what was happening.

Percy was holding Zoe in his arms, crying his eyes out. And I knew right then that she was dead.

I sat down next to my brother and Zoe and I pulled him into my arms.

"Shh, shh, it'll be alright."

"No it won't, we can't get her back, Max, not now, not ever!" He sobbed into my arms.

"What do you mean that you can't bring her back?" Artemis asked.

"Once they die a second time, you can't bring them back." I replied. "No matter now hard you try, you can't bring them back a second time."

"Why is he crying his eyes out over her?" One of the hunters asked.

"They've been dating for 108 years, he loved her a lot." I replied and, seeing Artemis's look, I said. "She was no longer a hunter, Artemis, she was a warrior of Chaos and she was allowed to date whoever she liked."

"I can't believe she's gone." Percy whispered into my chest.

I gestured for Artemis and the hunters to go before I sent Zoe's body off to our home. Then I de-aged Percy to where he was only four years old and I picked him in my arms. I cradled him against my chest as he cried. When he finally calmed down a bit, I said to him.

"It's alright, baby brother, she's in a better place."

"Why'd she have to die?" Percy asked. "Why couldn't it have been me instead of her?"

"Percy, it was her time." I said. "It wasn't yours."

"It's all my fault." Percy cried and even though he was de-aged to four years old, I slapped him.

"Young man, if you ever say that again, I will punch you." I almost yelled at him. "It was not your fault. You couldn't have prevented it. If you could have, you would have and I know that for a fact. Do not blame yourself."

"I can't help but do that." Percy whimpered.

I hugged him against my chest and said.

"Baby bro, you are the most self-less person I have ever met. But sometimes you have to stop blaming yourself and focus on the fact that you tried your best."

He started crying again. I hugged him against my chest and muttered soft words to him.

After a while, I noticed that he wasn't crying anymore and I looked down to see him asleep. I smiled faintly and then I flashed us to our cabin. I tucked him into his bed and made it so that he was sixteen again.

"Good night, baby brother." I said as I left the room.

Author's note.

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